Master watchmaker Michel Parmigiani turns 70 years old in 2020, looking back on a lifetime of impactful contributions to modern horology — from preserving and passing on the skills of his forebears to a new generation of watchmakers, to restoring and revitalizing the historical watchmaking traditions of the Swiss Jura town of Fleurier. Parmigiani Fleurier, the Maison he founded in...

Parmigiani Fleurier has taken one of the very finest complications – the perpetual calendar – and placed it at the heart of its most classic, timeless watch: the Toric. With a precision moon phase and retrograde perpetual date, this watch is the most complex and accomplished of calendar timepieces. The PF317 Movement: The perpetual date function automatically adjusts the date...

The Toric Hemispheres Retrograde is the ultimate traveler’s timepiece. With its two time zones, it allows any two locations to be paired, correct to the nearest minute. It even allows those locations with a half-hour or quarter-hour difference to be paired with full hour times set from the Greenwich Meridian. Following the success of the Toric Hemispheres Retrograde at the...

In 2004, Parmigiani Fleurier co-founded the Fleurier Quality Foundation, which certifies the watchmaker's prestigious watches. In 2018, the brand is paying tribute to the first watch created by Michel Parmigiani – the Toric – by successfully subjecting it to the five formidable stages of the Fleurier Quality certification, which tests the watch's movement, the reliability of its rate and also...

The Toric Hemispheres Retrograde is the ultimate traveler’s timepiece. With its dual time zone indication, it allows any two locations to be paired, and correct to the nearest minute. It even allows those locations with a half-hour or quarter-hour difference to be paired with full hour times set from the Greenwich meridian. Featuring a knurled bezel, the signature feature of...

One of Parmigiani Fleurier’s signature details is the iconic knurled bezel of the Toric Collection. This decorative feature was first seen on Michel Parmigiani’s original creation for the brand – a watch he imbued with a classic, timeless design, modelled on the bases of the ancient Greek columns that inspired his first concept. Whether single or double, the concentric relief...